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Thanksgiving Recipes: Super Stuffing and Sensational Sweet Potatoes

There’s one in every family–the one must-have dish that makes a Thanksgiving meal complete. For some it’s Aunt Kay’s Pumpkin Pecan Pie, for others it’s grandma’s Extra Creamy Mashed Potatoes or mom’s to-die-for Turkey Gravy. In our family it’s my dad’s Cornbread Stuffing and my great aunt’s Orange Sweet Potatoes with Cookie Crumble Topping.

If you are looking to add to your family favorites this year, consider trying the following recipes:

ORANGE SWEET POTATOES WITH COOKIE CRUMBLE TOPPING

Ingredients:

6 large sweet potatoes

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Fresh orange juice

1 cup sweet orange marmalade

1 tablespoon of gingerroot, finely grated

2 teaspoon of salt

Ingredients for Topping:

14 crisp oatmeal cookies, broken into pieces (roughly 3 cups)

1 stick of cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and butter a 13 by 9-inch baking dish.

Use a fork to prick potatoes and bake until tender and very soft; approximately 90 minutes.

Scoop out potato flesh and mash with butter, sugar, juice, marmalade, gingerroot and salt. Spread into baking dish. Set aside.

In food processor, pulse cookies until they you get a fine powder. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles cookie dough. Wrap topping in wax paper and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Crumble topping over potatoes and bake in middle of oven until crumbs are lightly browned, approximately 25 minutes.

Remove and serve.

Serves 8.

CLASSIC CORNBREAD STUFFING

Ingredients:

1 pan of cornbread

2 boiled eggs

1 medium onion

3 or 4 stalks of celery

1 can of chicken broth

1 can of cream of celery soup